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Letter to Col. William Williams about supplies, reorganization of Commissary Dept., opposition to Edmund Burke of North Carolina, and "Tory lie" that Washington is to be replaced. [manuscript]

by: Dyer, Eliphalet, 1721-1807; Williams, William, 1731-1811 recipient; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection

Publication date: 1778

Topics: Washington, George, 1732-1799

Publisher: York, Pa.

Collection: bplscarwm; bostonpubliclibrary; americana

Contributor: Boston Public Library

Language: English

Dated: York, Pa., March 20, 1778

Discusses the present destitute state of the army and the need for reinforcements, supplies, etc., before the spring campaign. Gives an account of the reorganization of the Commissary Department. Adds in a postscript, that Congress would have had the time of the Regulating Bill lengthened and that Washington's position is secure

Holograph, signed

Title provided by cataloger

Williams was a signer of the Declaration of Independence

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